Peninsula Spotlight: Take a trip across the Nile de Fuca

By Laura Rosser In just a couple weeks, crossing the Nile into Ancient Egypt won't be very difficult at all for North Olympic Peninsula residents.… Continue reading

  • Jun 25, 2004
  • LAURA ROSSER

Port Angeles: New interim high school principal looks ahead to his year at the helm

PORT ANGELES -- When high school students return to classes in September, they will find new leaders in charge. During the past two weeks, Port… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend acts to take the juice out of the water

CHIMACUM -- Port of Port Townsend commissioners have approved a new policy to prevent electrical currents entering its marinas. The policy calls for regular testing… Continue reading

Sequim: City’s newest annexation . . . just Priest Road

SEQUIM -- A confusing issue of public-road jurisdiction will likely be cleared up early next week when the City Council and Clallam County commissioners place… Continue reading

Clallam: Lighter hearts mark annual meeting of newly reformed Humane Society

In stark contrast to the Clallam County Humane Society of 2001, members of the newly reformed private animal welfare group were smiling and lighthearted Wednesday… Continue reading

Forks: Police shooting range hits a snag — the cost

FORKS -- The move to establish a new practice shooting range for law enforcement on the West End has slowed as officials consider the price… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Hotel/conference center developer may seek deadline extension

PORT ANGELES -- As his Sept. 4 groundbreaking deadline draws closer, waterfront hotel and conference center developer Randal Jay Ehm is leaning toward seeking a… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Interim assistant principal named at high school

PORT ANGELES -- School district officials have selected a 31-year employee to be interim assistant principal at Port Angeles High School next year. Mary Ann… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Aviation museum just months away following $200,000 donation from Oregon charity

PORT TOWNSEND -- Ground-breaking on a 17,000-square-foot airplane museum could be just three months away thanks to a large grant from an Oregon charity. The… Continue reading

Rocket to be displayed in Port Angeles this weekend

The Rubicon, a suborbital tourism rocket that two Forks aerospace engineers hope to test launch off the West End next month, will be displayed Saturday… Continue reading

Thousands of fish moved as part of moving creek bed near Discovery Bay

DISCOVERY BAY -- Wednesday was moving day for thousands of small coho salmon and stickleback living in Salmon Creek. About 15 volunteers helped relocate the… Continue reading

Brinnon: U.S. drops plan to fix Dosewallips Road

BRINNON -- The U.S. Forest Service has withdrawn, at least for the present time, its decision to rebuild Dosewallips Road around a two-year-old washout. The… Continue reading

Clallam: Ridership climbs on county bus lines

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam Transit System ridership counts are approaching levels not seen since ridership peaked in 1996, the system's general manager reports. Dan DiGuilio… Continue reading

Port Angeles: B-24J Liberator missing in action from Freedom tour

PORT ANGELES -- The partner of the B-17G Flying Fortress on the Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom tour is missing in action from its stop… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Council OKs aid to infants program

PORT TOWNSEND -- The City Council voted Monday night to partially fund six months of a program that provides nurse visits to low-income mothers --… Continue reading

Sequim: Driver in crash that killed teen guilty of vehicular homicide

SEQUIM -- The driver in a single-car crash that killed a 13-year-old Sequim Middle School girl last summer has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide. Ray… Continue reading

Jefferson: Residents urge caution in drafting nuisance code

Ambiguity plagues a proposed Jefferson County ordinance that seeks to regulate public nuisances like junk cars and loud noises, residents told county officials Monday. Without… Continue reading

Peninsula: Forks space developers laud competitor’s rocket launch

Owners of a Forks-based company vying to be the first commercial organization to launch a manned craft into space watched with great interest Monday as… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Concert on the Pier gets under way Wednesday

PORT ANGELES -- This Wednesday kicks off the summer's first Concert on the Pier performance. Cherry Hill, one of the hottest bluegrass music band on… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Kenmore Express begins courting passengers

PORT ANGELES -- The second airline offering service between William R. Fairchild International Airport and Seattle's Boeing Field is gearing up to convince travelers that… Continue reading